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Old 10-14-2007, 12:27 PM
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Highest Mileage MB and other cars

Hi out of curiosity does any one know what is the highest mileage Mercedes and other cars with original motor and transmission? Which models are they???

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Old 10-14-2007, 12:35 PM
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There was the Greek taxi driver about 3 years ago. I don't know if it's the orginal drivetrain however. I would guess yes due it's induction into the Merc museum.

A Greek taxi driver has done a phenomenal 2.8 million miles in his Mercedes 240D, and the record-breaking car is now to go to Mercedes' museum in Stuttgart. Gregorios Sachinides of Thessaloniki bought the saloon in 1981, and his journeys are equal to 82 times around the world or six trips to the moon and back. He made hundreds of long-distance journeys to Belgrade to deliver medical supplies during the Balkans war, as well as transporting people around Greece's second-largest city. So happy with his car's service over the years, he wrote to company boss Juergen Hubbert to thank him personally. Mercedes officials realized that Sachinides car was the highest-mileage Mercedes they had heard of, and asked him to donate the car to the museum.

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Old 10-14-2007, 12:56 PM
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Most famous Volvo close on its heels, over 4,000,000 kms.

The record held by that Mercedes diesel could be eclipsed by the famous one owner 2,485,484 miles (as of Sept. 2006) 1966 Volvo P1800 of Irv Gordon who bought it new in New York and now is retired and tours the country doing PR for Volvo in it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_P1800

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